New Hampshire · 2012 presidential election
New Hampshire presidential election results 2012
Barack Obama carried New Hampshire by 5.58 points (39,643 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 4
- Votes counted
- 710,972
- NH result
- D+5.6
- Compared with the nation
- 1.7 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2008
- 4.1 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 369,561 | 52.00% | 4 | |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | 329,918 | 46.50% | — | |
| Total votes | 710,972 | ||||
County resultsCertified
Download CSVAll 7 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obama and Biden, d | d | 369,561 | 51.98% |
| Romney and Ryan, r | r | 329,918 | 46.40% |
| Johnson and Gray, lib | lib | 8,212 | 1.16% |
| Ron Paul write-in | — | 1,374 | 0.19% |
| Scatter | — | 875 | 0.12% |
| Goode and Clymer, con | con | 708 | 0.10% |
| Jill Stein write-in | — | 324 | 0.05% |
| County | Mitt Romney | Barack Obama | Johnson and Gray | Goode and Clymer | Ron Paul write-in | Jill Stein write-in | Scatter | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belknap | 17,571 | 15,890 | 276 | 27 | 72 | 15 | 36 | 33,887 | 5.0 |
| Carroll | 14,207 | 13,977 | 251 | 33 | 85 | 16 | 33 | 28,602 | 0.8 |
| Cheshire | 15,156 | 25,380 | 545 | 65 | 108 | 31 | 75 | 41,360 | 24.7 |
| Coos | 6,342 | 9,095 | 165 | 17 | 54 | 4 | 22 | 15,699 | 17.5 |
| Grafton | 18,208 | 29,826 | 666 | 66 | 123 | 47 | 78 | 49,014 | 23.7 |
| Hillsborough | 99,991 | 102,303 | 2,541 | 184 | 340 | 82 | 226 | 205,667 | 1.1 |
| Merrimack | 34,524 | 44,756 | 899 | 70 | 165 | 30 | 70 | 80,514 | 12.7 |
| Rockingham | 87,921 | 80,142 | 1,737 | 156 | 222 | 52 | 193 | 170,423 | 4.6 |
| Strafford | 26,729 | 36,026 | 856 | 57 | 160 | 39 | 102 | 63,969 | 14.5 |
| Sullivan | 9,269 | 12,166 | 276 | 33 | 45 | 8 | 40 | 21,837 | 13.3 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
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Questions and answers
Who won New Hampshire in 2012?
Barack Obama won New Hampshire by 5.58 percentage points (39,643 votes).
How many electoral votes did New Hampshire have in 2012?
New Hampshire cast 4 electoral votes in 2012.
How many people voted for president in New Hampshire in 2012?
710,972 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in New Hampshire in 2012?
Barack Obama 7, Mitt Romney 3 (out of 10 counties with results).
How did New Hampshire change from 2008 to 2012?
The margin moved 4.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 9.7 points to Democratic by 5.6 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data